Southampton

[squirmelia]

I wondered which Southampton was more real - the city with sunsets, glistening pools and colourful street art that I had taken photos of, or the Southampton from my undergrad days, when I spent my days and nights in front of a computer or standing on my head in lecture theatres, or at the Dungeon, drinking and dancing and kissing pretty long-haired guys, or the more recent version: days spent in offices gazing out of windows looking for rainbows, occasional evenings spent in random pubs having long conversations with fascinating people, and weekends sometimes containing art exhibitions and exploring the city, but more often than not, trying to escape. Perhaps none of them were the Southampton I lived in really.

Comments

[the-elyan.livejournal.com]

"The cities London, Manchester and Birmingham re real. The city Southampton is a mystical experience shared by everybody. Demolish"

There is a lot, or at least a little moreto Southampton than meets the eye, or even the camera lens.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

I'm not convinced that Manchester is real!

[the-elyan.livejournal.com]

You could be right. Certainly any impression of it in the mind fades like summer mist when the sun comes up.

Edinburgh, on the other hanmd, is an alternative angle on the reality we know, and Norwich is just weird

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

I've only ever visited Manchester a few times, but ended up looking for signs of vurt, so that makes it feel very unreal to me.

I don't really know Norwich well enough to know if it is weird or not!

[philipstorry.livejournal.com]

Manchester is, I assure you, quite real.

Or, at the very least, if it's not real then I'd like to know how that affects me. Seeing as I was born there.

If it's not real, do I also become unreal? Can the nureal have library cards? Do we still have to pay taxes?

So many questions...

I prefer to think that Manchester is real. It simplifies things...

[fluffymark]

Obviously the real Southampton is one where people dance through the middle of the city singing "Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes" and doing all the actions. Any other Southampton would just be wrong.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

But there is no photographic evidence of that! (Luckily.)

[the-elyan.livejournal.com]

Why do you think we have CCTV? Not believe all that Government hype about keeping crime off the streets - it's all for keeping lunacy on camera ;-)

Gratuitous poetry opportunity...

[drrng.livejournal.com]

In the real world
As in dreams
Nothing is quite
What it seems

You really are the most splendid photographer. Nice to see you're still here. :)